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Do Not Be Troubled

Posted on September 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Do Not Be Troubledby Michael DoyleDo not be troubled by the struggleOr the times we falter and we bungleDifficulties have come and they will goSuch is the path of life’s ebb and floUnsettled fates make for troubled heartsThe sense of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrive, Bungle, Calmness, Come, Coming Toll, Cosmic Language, Deep, Departs, Difficulties, Discouragement, Don't Get Lost, Ease, Ebb and Flo, Encouragement, Fail, Faithfulness, Fall, False Prophecy, Falter, Heavens, Hours, Illustration, Life's Frustrations, Life's Storms, Live Through, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Political Leaders, Recall, Reckon Hard, Revelation, Second Coming, Seeming Norm, Sense of Courage, Signs of Glory, Stars, Struggle, Survives, Times, Times Like These, Troubled, Troubled Century, Troubled Hearts, Unsettled Fates | Leave a comment

Back Chat of Eternal Insomnia

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

So many of us spend countless hours into the we hours of the night staving off the limited hours until the morning light. Insomnia and its accompanying sleep exhaustion have claimed many of us and leading into less good than … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anxiety, Apartment, Audacity, Bed, Believe, Belong, Burn, Change, Chat, Clock, Company, Complexity, Connect, Control, Countless Hours, Cup of Coffee, Data, Do, Drone, Empty, End, Eternal, Eyes, Feel, Fellowship, Flex, Fog, Forget, God, Gone Wrong, Gothic, Gravestone, Gray, Guile, Hours, Humanity, Indignity, Infernal, Insomnia, Insomniacs, Keep, Late, Left Behind, Life, Lose, Lost Souls, Maniacs, Mind, Mistake, Mystical, Need, Night, Numb, Odd, Photograph, Piercing Mind, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Reasonable, Red, Relationships, Restoration, Rise, Rooftops, Seek, Shimmer, Sleep, Sleep Exhaustion, Sleeplessness, Slice, Sorrow, Sour, Surge, Tide, Time, Toast, Today, Tomorrow, Too Little Time, Torments, Tortured Souls, Trace, Unwilling, Virtual, Wake Up, Will, Words, World Peace, Yourself | Leave a comment

Disinfected Press Briefing

Posted on April 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The 27th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020, has the optional prompt of writing a poetic review of something not often reviewed. Disinfected Press Briefing by Michael Doyle Even though there by sincere invitation Very few of them had whatsoever any … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Aytu, Best, Bone, Bring, Catch, Conference, Confidence, Connect, COVID-19, Dead, Dice, Disinfect, Disinterested, Dissected, Disservice, Economy, Elective, Embrace, Error, Experiment, Expert, Eyes, Face, Fail, Fair, False, Fetch, Fight, Game, Gnaw, Gotcha, Hole, Hours, Inclination, Injection, Instill, Intention, Intubation, Invitation, Lie, Listen, Lysol, Meant, Mischaracterization, Misspeak, Mock, Moles, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Nation, Nervous, Number, Objective, Option, Petulant, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, President, President Trump, Press, Press Briefing, Press Corps, Recognize, Report, Revive, Risk, Sarcasm, Save, Survive, Swing, The People, Truth, Try, Twist, Ultraviolet, Ventilation, Will, Word | Leave a comment

Stay On the Path

Posted on April 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Due to time constraints and a day much better spent with my two princesses, I will be going off prompt from Day 25 of Na/GloPoWriMo gazillion requirements for a form of poetry that I would never want to write in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anew, Animals, Around, Awake, Breath, Brighter, Bud, Citizens, Clearing, Come, Come and Go, Constraint, Daddy, Days, Deer, Earth Day, Endear, Every Day, Explore, Fall, Father, Flowers, Flutter, Forest Floor, Green, Ground, Harm, Her, Hours, Ignore, Joy, Lessons, Life, Lighter, Living Creatures, Load, Lock, Mark, Memories, Na/GloPoWriMo, Near, New, Newborn, Notice, Off Prompt, Old, Pass, Path, Photograph, Plot, Poem, Poetry, Poppa, Protective Canopy, Rays, Recall, Rules, School, Scurry, Seasons, Shape, Spring, Stay, Taught, Valleys, Value, Wake, Warm Days, World, Worry | Leave a comment

Valentine Thoughts 2020

Posted on February 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Beautiful weekend spent in part with two little princesses that I adore and a lady who is the queen of my heart. One later for the girls. One for my lady just written: Valentine Thoughts 2020 by Michael Romani To … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Appearance, Beauty, Begin, Blind, Catch, Connection, Control, Core, Deception, Deep, Dream, Everything, Fall, Find, Float, Forget, Grand Slam, Heart, Hours, Intimate, Knee, Life, Love Song, Loved, Mind, Open, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Real, Right, Sight, Smile, Sought, Soul, Space, Start, Talk, Thoughts, True, Truth, Unconditionally, Valentine's Day, Walk, Walls, Weekend, Zen | Leave a comment

Ring, Ring Rings the Phone

Posted on December 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Today is both National Call A Friend Day and National Chocolate Candy Day! In honor of this, to paraphrase a military tradition, ‘eat them if you got ’em’ and call a friend if only to tell that person or persons … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Box of Chocolate, Care, Choice, Christmas, Coco, Coconut Curry, Confectionery, Dares, Days, Dictionary, Dreams, Good, Happiness, Hours, Hurry, Imagination, Lose, Minutes, National Call A Friend Day, National Chocolate Candy Day, Nights, Phone, Photograph, Pleasant, Poem, Poetry, Quiet, Realize, Ring, Seconds, Seem, Share, Sit, Spent, Squares, Sudden, Text, Three, Tonight, Voice | Leave a comment

Dream Space

Posted on August 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Broken hearts kinda byte… Dream Space by Michael Romani There’s a dream space Deep within the flame And it holds your name A moment that I embrace Thinking on your name Holier than my shame The happiness that I once … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Certain, Close, Cry, Dream, Embrace, Felt, Few, Flame, Forever, Guide, Happy, Heart, Holy, Hours, Kneel, Moment, Name, Part, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Shame, Space, Strong, Think, True, Wisdom | Leave a comment

A Parchment To Write On

Posted on April 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Today, April 1, 2019, marks the beginning of the annual National/Global Poetry Writing Month. The first gauntlet flung down is to write a poem based on the idea of making something. A friend suggested parchment. This became to me how … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Binding, Bloom, Cactus Garden, Calfskin, Charm, Cherish, Coffee, Complicity, Drive, Embellish, Ensnare, Family, Father, Felt, Gilt, Hours, Humidity, Illuminate, Joshua Tree National Park, Lines, Membrane, Memory, National/Global Poetry Writing Month, Oasis, Ocotillo, Panoramic, Parchment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ponder, Prayer, Preservee, Quire, Rain, Rock Formation, Scrape, Simplicity, Smile, Springtime, Stable, Story, Travel, Tree, Unveil, Veining, Vellum, Visions, Warmth, Wildflowers, Winter, Words, Write | Leave a comment

Heartbreaks Forgiven

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I wrote this poem just now. Please forgive the typos. It’s sort of a word flow thing…. Heartbreaks Forgiven by Michael Romani I watched you kill your child today I held your hand and did not look away You told … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Answer, Beautiful, Call, Child, Christian, Conspiracy, Cry, Daughter, Despite, Different, Fogive, Forgive, Forsake, Forty Years, Found, God's Plan, Goodbye, Grateful, Halo, Hand, Hard, Heartbreak, Heathen, Hell, Horrible, Hours, Hug, Hurt, Laugh, Left, Life, Live, Looking Out, Love, Man, Mistake, Morning Light, Patience, Phone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Project, Promise, Reason, Regret, Remember, Right, Risk, Satan, Season, Secret, Shake, Shoe, Silent, Smile, Soul, Sparkle, Stay, Taught, Tears, Time, Tonight, Watch, Wild Man, Years, You, Young, Your Way | Leave a comment

Questions Pouring

Posted on December 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Is there any question but that art makes the heart grow bigger and deeper? Questions Pouring by Michael Romani Do you hear the questions pouring? Do you fear the questions boring? Do you find the questions scoring No longer worth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bore, Care, Choose, Escape, Explore, Feeling, Hours, Know, Lair, Life, Long Hair, Lose, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pour, Questions, Repeat, Score, Self, Show, Soar, Tower, Voice | Leave a comment